Berg ’21 Reflects on Her Last Year at West Point

Published on May 19, 2021

Berg ’21 Reflects on Her Last Year at West PointA Letter to West Point

By Madison Berg ’21

It’s difficult to put the strangest year of my life into words. If you had told me even a year and a half ago that this team would compete in only three dual meets and no Patriot League championship my Firstie year, I would have thought the world had ended.

I cannot remember a time in my life when I wasn’t a swimmer. I begged my mom to let me join a swim team before I had even finished swim lessons. To let go of such a large part of me this year was painful, but I can honestly say now that I would not trade the challenges and difficulties of this year for anything. Read more.

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